Hot seat : what I learned leading a great American company

Immelt, Jeff. (Author). Wallace, Amy, 1962- (Added Author).

The former CEO of General Electric discusses how he led the corporation through the days immediately after 9/11 and the 2008-09 financial crisis and refocus it into a more diverse, globalized, and innovative company.

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General Electric Company > Management.
Chief executive officers > United States > Biography.
Electric industries > United States > Management.
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ISBN: 9781982114718
Physical Description 340 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2021.

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Hot Seat : What I Learned Leading a Great American Company

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Hot Seat : What I Learned Leading a Great American Company

Section	Section Description	Page Number
	Prologue	p. 1
Chapter 1	Leaders Show Up	p. 7
	Threading the Needle	p. 9
	Stoking GE's Growth Engine	p. 12
	Waking to a Nightmare	p. 14
	Facing Disaster	p. 17
	Absorbing Fear	p. 19
	Putting Customers First	p. 22
Chapter 2	Leaders Learn Every Day	p. 27
	"Don't Complain-Fix It!"	p. 30
	Be Willing to Stand Apart	p. 32
	Choose Purpose Over Money	p. 34
	See Through Your Customers Eyes	p. 36
	Learn to Take the Heat	p. 41
	Get a Thicker Skin	p. 44
	Valuing Growth	p. 46
	Launching the LightSpeed	p. 48
	Who's Next in Line?	p. 50
	Your Peers Promote You	p. 54
Chapter 3	Leaders Invest in Growth	p. 57
	A Time for Change	p. 61
	Technology First	p. 63
	Protect the Builders	p. 67
	Fulfilling the Dreamliner Dream	p. 71
	Don't Fall in Love with an Idea	p. 76
	Pivot to Grow	p. 77
	Seize Opportunity	p. 81
	Don't Be Afraid to Act	p. 87
Chapter 4	Leaders Are Systems Thinkers	p. 93
	Communicating with the World	p. 96
	Green Is Green	p. 99
	The Digital Future	p. 107
	Competing for Talent	p. 112
	Bringing the Team Along	p. 113
	Not Finishing the Job	p. 116
Chapter 5	Leaders Persevere in a Crisis	p. 119
	Bundle at Your Peril	p. 121
	Beware a Cold Snap	p. 123
	Darkness Visible	p. 126
	Rolling Paper	p. 132
	"Let's Get the Money"	p. 133
	Fishing for an Anchor	p. 136
	The Killer Chart	p. 138
	Stepping into Liquid	p. 141
	Cutting the Dividend	p. 143
Chapter 6	Leaders Make Big Companies Small	p. 149
	Facing Reality	p. 151
	Retaining the Best	p. 153
	It Starts with You	p. 154
	The Soul of GE	p. 160
	Reimagining Crotonville	p. 161
	Leadership Explorations	p. 163
	Valuing Everyone	p. 166
Chapter 7	Leaders Compete Around the World	p. 173
	Becoming the Jobs Czar	p. 179
	There's Always a Crisis Somewhere	p. 182
	Investing in Local Capability	p. 185
	Persisting Through Volatility	p. 187
	Cementing Relationships	p. 190
	Hiring Local Teams	p. 194
	China Matters Most	p. 196
	A Little Bit of We	p. 204
Chapter 8	Leaders Manage Complexity	p. 207
	Creating Incremental Value	p. 209
	Pattern Recognition	p. 211
	An Aspiration to Lead	p. 213
	Private Equity: A Modern Conglomerate?	p. 216
	Developing Trustworthy Leaders	p. 220
	A Bias for Innovation	p. 222
	Constantly Simplifying	p. 224
	Operational Transparency	p. 229
	Peer Learning & Peer Pressure	p. 230
Chapter 9	Leaders Solve Problems	p. 233
	Managing Risk	p. 234
	Welcome to the Hotel California	p. 238
	Shooting for the Moon	p. 239
	Keeping the Lid on Tight	p. 243
	Secretive No More	p. 250
	Leveling with Our People	p. 251
	Activists Abound	p. 254
	Sell, Sell, Sell!	p. 256
	Mission Accomplished	p. 258
Chapter 10	Leaders Are Transparent	p. 261
	A Simple Deal (in a Market We Knew)	p. 263
	A Position of Strength	p. 265
	A Leader Stops Leading	p. 268
	Integrating Alstom	p. 269
	Overt Transparency	p. 271
	Close the Deal, Lose the Leader?	p. 276
	The Business Suffered	p. 278
Chapter 11	Leaders Are Accountable	p. 285
	Grooming the Candidates	p. 287
	The Home Stretch	p. 291
	Valuing the Company	p. 292
	Every Job Looks Easy (Until You're the One Doing It)	p. 300
	Activist Investors Weren't the Answer for GE	p. 301
	A Short Tenure	p. 303
Chapter 12	Leaders Are Optimists	p. 309
	Owning Some Mistakes	p. 312
	The Case for Listening (Most of the Time)	p. 315
	Life After GE	p. 316
	Change for the Better	p. 318
	Acknowledgments	p. 321
	Index	p. 325

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